# Katie Spies

> Katie Spies is the founder and CEO of Maev, the direct-to-consumer brand that made human-grade raw food for dogs a subscription. An MIT-trained engineer who quit tech to spend nearly a year as a full-time dog walker, she built Maev after her rescue dog's health turned around on a raw diet. Since launching in 2020 she has shipped millions of meals, raised roughly $19 million in venture funding, and grown the company by wheat-pasting posters across New York before scaling to paid channels.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Maev
- **Organizations:** Maev, The Climate Corporation
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., engineering (mechanical / civil & environmental), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Maev, described as the first human-grade raw dog food brand sold direct-to-consumer., Raised approximately $19 million in total funding, including a $10 million Series A in October 2022., Grew the business roughly threefold every year since launch.

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Living in San Francisco and working in tech, adopts a rescue Italian Greyhound named George.
- **2016** — Leaves her tech job (The Climate Corporation) to spend nearly a year as a full-time dog walker in the Bay Area, immersing herself in city dog owners' needs.
- **2019** — Earns an MBA at Harvard Business School, where she meets co-founder Christine Busaba.
- **2019** — Raises a pre-seed round; bootstraps through the R&D and beta-testing phase.
- **2020** — Launches Maev as a direct-to-consumer human-grade raw dog food brand; finds first customers via guerrilla poster campaigns in New York.
- **2022** — Serves over a million meals in Q1 alone; closes a $10 million Series A in October; ships more than 8 million meals for the year.
- **2022** — Relocates the company and herself from New York to Austin, Texas.

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Maev, described as the first human-grade raw dog food brand sold direct-to-consumer.
- Raised approximately $19 million in total funding, including a $10 million Series A in October 2022.
- Grew the business roughly threefold every year since launch.
- Shipped more than 8 million meals to subscribers in 2022.
- Built the initial customer base through low-cost guerrilla marketing before scaling paid acquisition.

## Latest updates

- **2022-10** — Closed a $10 million Series A round.
- **2024-02** — Featured in The Newsette discussing raw feeding and dog nutrition.

## Links

- Website: https://meetmaev.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-spies
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meetmaev
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katie__spies/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/meetmaev/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meetmaev

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Last updated: 2026-07-01